In The Hunt Partners’ latest feature, “The Optics of Executive Leadership,” Mr. Avinash Rao, Managing Director and CEO of Mahindra Susten, engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Nikita Garg and Saily Sequeira, guiding readers through a leadership journey shaped by curiosity, discipline, and real-world insight. He reflects on how every stage of his professional path, from his early years in India’s power sector to leading one of its foremost renewable energy companies has contributed to his leadership philosophy. 

Mr. Rao underscores that sustainable progress begins with people. In a talent-driven renewable energy ecosystem, he highlights the importance of nurturing leaders with integrity, purpose, and a long-term vision, qualities that ultimately define an organization’s resilience. His reflections offer a candid, strategic, and deeply human perspective on leadership in an era of rapid transformation.

This interview was originally published in Hunt Partners( (Report Volume 17), click the link to read the full report: Real Estate & Infrastructure_R1_Singal Report